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   Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 17:23:21 JST Paul Sutton

   • Peter Gleick

   @petergleick

   This policy to one side, where did Native Americans come from, and when ? based on anthropological migration of humans?

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     Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 17:15:51 JST Paul Sutton

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     @MichaelPorter @fzimper @petergleick

     10-20,000 years is I guess fairly recent given how old the earth is and how long life has been on Earth for.

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     Michael Porter (michaelporter@ottawa.place)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 17:15:52 JST Michael Porter

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     @fzimper @zleap @petergleick The timelines change a bit, as new evidence comes to light, but I think the *routes* are generally agreed on. North America was populated between 10 000 and 20 000 years ago by folks coming across a land bridge from Asia. And, go back far enough, we originate in Africa.

     The map below is from

     https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Oceanography/Oceanography_101_(Miracosta)/02:_Evolution_of_Life_Through_Time/2.27:_Evolution_of_Humans_and_the_Rise_of_Modern_Civilization

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     Frank Zimper (fzimper@bildung.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 17:15:53 JST Frank Zimper

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     @zleap @petergleick

     From Africa, I suppose. Just like all of us.

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     Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 23:58:53 JST Paul Sutton

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     @MichaelPorter @fzimper @petergleick

     Well hopefully what he said about sending people back to where they came from, in this context is just bluster and his usual nonsense.

     However if he tries it, it will make the USA look so stupid as a country it will be very difficult to restore its reputation.

     MAGA is should be MALS Make America Look Stupid.

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     Michael Porter (michaelporter@ottawa.place)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 23:58:54 JST Michael Porter

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     @zleap @fzimper @petergleick Yup, just a blink of an eye in the big scheme of things.

     But to get back to the point, evidence indicates that Native Americans were on the continent many thousands of years before Europeans arrived.